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| 008 | 060524s2006 enka b 001 0 eng | ||
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_a013516835 _2Uk |
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| 020 | _a9780199262137 (alk. paper) | ||
| 035 | _a(OCoLC)ocm69671901 | ||
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| 100 | 1 | _aGat, Azar. | |
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_aWar in human civilization / _cAzar Gat. |
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_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2006. |
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_axv, 822 p. : _bill. ; Hard Bound _c24 cm. |
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| 500 | _a$45/- | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 674-807) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _a PART 1: WARFARE IN THE FIRST TWO MILLION YEARS: ENVIRONMENT, GENES, AND CULTURE ; 1. Introduction: The Human 'State of Nature' ; 2. Peaceful or War-like: Did Hunter-Gatherers Fight? ; 3. Why Fighting? The Evolutionary Perspective ; 4. Motivation: Food and Sex ; 5. Motivation: the Web of Desire ; 6. 'Primitive Warfare': How Was It Done? ; 7. Conclusion: Fighting in the Evolutionary State of Nature ; PART 2: AGRICULTURE, CIVILIZATION, AND WAR ; 8. Introduction: Evolving Cultural Complexity ; 9. Tribal Warfare in Agraria and Pastoralia ; 10. Armed Force in the Emergence of the State ; 11. The Eurasian Spearhead: East, West, and the Steppe ; 12. Conclusion: War, the Leviathan, and the Pleasures and Miseries of Civilization ; PART 3: MODERNITY: THE DUAL FACE OF JANUS ; 13. Introduction: the Explosion of Wealth and Power ; 14. Guns and Markets: the New European States and a Global World ; 15. Unbound and Bound Prometheus: Machine Age War ; 16. Affluent Liberal Democracies, Ultimate Weapons, and the World ; 17. Conclusion: Unravelling the Riddle of War ; Endnotes ; Index | |
| 650 | 0 | _aWar and society. | |
| 650 | 0 | _aWar and civilization. | |
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_aWar _xHistory. |
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_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0614/2006017223.html |
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_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2006017223-b.html |
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_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2006017223-d.html |
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